9 November, 2002

The Man Who Loves Spam

Barry Dennis sat down and wrote an article titled
Why I love
spam (this item is about six months old, but I missed it when it was
fresh). It's not a joke -- although the rented tuxedo in his photo might
lead you to suspect otherwise. But read the "about the writer" blurb at the
bottom, and it begins to make sense:

Barry Dennis is president of Netweb, an Internet and offline marketing and
public relations agency.

You might want to check out Barry's
cheesy web site.
Yes, that site is actually hosted at Geocities! and it proudly displays a
photo lifted from corbis.com. And to
round out the professional image, he even has an AOL email address. Now it's
starting to make a lot of sense.

Create Your Own Book Cover

Visit
any bookstore, head for the computer section, and you'll find lots of books
by O'Reilly. These book all have a
distinctive cover design, and (for some reason) they all feature a drawing
of an animal.